Change holder

ABSTRACT

A change holder to be carried in the pocket or purse which is designed to carry a plurality of coins ranging from one cent to fifty cent pieces. The change holder is formed primarily of two pieces of molded plastic material and has a round shape with the coins carried in compartments inside the circumference of the holder. The coins are retained in these compartments by an elliptical base member and resilient pins which partially block the coin slot entrances.

United States Patent [72] Inventor Robert Hernandez 2025 N. WesternCircle, Camarillo, Calif.

21 Appl. No. 761,906 [22] Filed Sept. 24, 1968 [45] Patented July 13,1971 [54] CHANGE HOLDER 1 Claim, 5 Drawing Figs.

[52] US. Cl. 133/6 [51] Int. Cl. 607d H00 [50] Field olSeareh 133/6 [56]References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,539,648 l/1951 Wirk 133/62,569,629 10/1951 Everitt 133/6 3,242,930 3/1966 Wilner 133/6 FOREIGNPATENTS 366,320 2/1932 Great Britain 133/6 77,440 4/1949Czechoslovakian" 133/6 505 1896 Great Britain..... 133/6 25,337 1913Great Britain 133/6 Primary Examiner-Samuel F. Coleman Attorney-Lyon andLyon ABSTRACT: A change holder to be carried in the pocket or pursewhich is designed to carry a plurality of coins ranging from one cent tofifty cent pieces. The change holder is formed primarily of two piecesof molded plastic material and has a round shape with the coins carriedin compartments inside the circumference of the holder. The coins areretained in these compartments by an elliptical base member andresilient pins which partially block the coin slot entrances.

CHANGE HOLDER SUMMARY OFTHE INVENTION (oins which are loose in thepocket or purse are subject to being lost or dropped when a person islooking for a coin ofa particular value. Also, it is hard to quicklyselect a coin of any given value out of a pocket or purse full of coins.The present invention therefore seeks to overcome this difficulty byroviding a change holder which is inexpensive to manufacture and fromwhich the user may select any given value coin or multiple thereof.

Referring now to the drawings in which:

FIG 1 is an elevation of the change holder as viewed from the top;

HO 2 is an elevation of the base member with the top removed;

HO 3 is a side elevation of the change holder;

FIGv 4 is a cross-sectional elevation taken along lines 4-4 of FIG. I;

FIG. 5 is a partial elevation of one of the coin pockets taken fromlines 5-5 of FIG. 3.

Referring now to the drawing and particularly FIGS. 1 and 2, the changeholder is molded of a plastic material in two parts, a body member 1including a vertical wall In and a top member 2. The body member 1comprises five (5) coin compartments (designated 3a through 3e), and isgenerally elliptical in shape to accommodate the five different sizedcompartments This shape being necessary in order to provide a smallchange holder that will easily fit in a pocket or purse which will alsobe strong but not bulky.

At the coin slot entrance to each of the compartments 3 are tworesilient pins 4. These pins 4 may be placed upon spaced shoulders 6 inthe body member 1 or in the top member 2 or both depending upon themethod of manufacture and the material of which these parts are cast. itmay also be desirable to cast small openings in the base member I or topmember 2 and insert these small pins 4 separately.

Alter the top and base members have been cast they are joined by anysuitable method which will be dependent upon the material used or bycholce. such as by gluclng. sonic weld= ing or by PM! which interlockbetween the top member 2 and base member 1 and cause these two membersto snap together.

Coins of different denominations are of different sizes and in order tohave a change holder which is absent of springs or other retainingdevices a definite ratio of coins must be at tained in order to attainthe maximum utility of the Change holder while also attaining theminimum size In order to am complish these goals, the present inventionplaces the compartments 3 for the coins in numerical order, and caststhe base member I so that the compartments 3, when full, will allow foreven filling of each of said compartments by coins of different sizes,

Roughcned gripping surfaces 5 are formed on the to member 2 and on thebottom of the base member l so that the change holder may be firmlygrasped and not dropped when coins are being removed.

lclaim:

l. A coin holder executed entirely in plastic, said holder consistingof:

a. a body member (I) including a horizontally extending bottom ofelliptical form with a vertical wall (la) extending upwardly therefrom,said wall having indentations formed therein (HO. 2),

b a horizontally extending top member (2) secured to said wall in aplane parallel to said bottom,

c. a plurality ofdifferent sized partially enclosed coin retainingcompartments formed within said body member,

cl. said bottom said said top member having outwardly opening curvedportions removed therefrom to provide access to the coins held withinsaid compartments,

e. the height of each compartment defined by the space between saidbottom and said top member (FIG. 4), f. the depth of each compartmentdefined by the space between the perimeter of the elliptical bottom andthe innermost point of the indentations formed in the wall a pluralityof pairs of shoulders (6) located on the vertical wall below said topmember,

. an entrance slot for each compartment, the width of each slot beingdefined by the space between each pair of shoulders,

i. the height of each slot being slightly greater than the thickness ofthe individual coins to be stacked therein, and

j. resilient retaining plus (4) extending vertically between saidshoulders and said top member for rcstrlcting the height of the slot toless than the thickness of the individual coins to be stacked therein.

1. A coin holder executed entirely in plastic, said holder consistingof: A. A BODY MEMBER (1) INCLUDING A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING BOTTOM OFELLIPTICAL FORM WITH A VERTICAL WALL (1A) EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM,SAID WALL HAVING INDENTATIONS FORMED THEREIN (FIG. 2), b. a horizontallyextending top member (2) secured to said wall in a plane parallel tosaid bottom, c. a plurality of different sized partially enclosed coinretaining compartments formed within said body member, d. said bottomsaid said top member having outwardly opening curved portions removedtherefrom to provide access to the coins held within said compartments,e. the height of each compartment defined by the space between saidbottom and said top member (FIG. 4), f. the depth of each compartmentdefined by the space between the perimeter of the elliptical bottom andthe innermost point of the indentations formed in the wall (FIG. 5), g.a plurality of pairs of shoulders (6) located on the vertical wall belowsaid top member, h. an entrance slot for each compartment, the width ofeach slot being defined by the space between each pair of shoulders, i.the height of each slot being slightly greater than the thickness of theindividual coins to be stacked therein, and j. resilient retaining pins(4) extending vertically between said shoulders and said top member forrestricting the height of the slot to less than the thickness of theindividual coins to be stacked therein.